Coin-controlled vending apparatus.



S. E. MOSS & W. H. WHITE.

COIN CONTROLLED VENDING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7, 1915.

1, 165,271. Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

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S. E. MOSS & W. H. WHITE.

COIN CONTROLLED VENDING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1. 1915.

1,165,271. Patented Dec. 21,1915.

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' SAMUEL E. MOSS AND WALTER H. WHITE, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

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7 Patented Dec. 21, 1915. Application filed June 7, 1915. Serial No. 32,734.

1,165,271. Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, SAMUEL E. Moss and WALTER H. WHITE, citizens of the United States, and residents of Portland, county of Multnomah, and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin-Controlled Vending Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to vending devices for bottle contained goods in which the article to be vended is freed by by the bolts k. In the upper portion of the casing is a chamber Z. Horizontally movable covers m and it provided with pendent flanges m and n encompassing the front of the top of the bottles, are hinged on the pintles m -n respectively. Said covers are ge'rs m and n adapted to bear against and compress the flat springs m and M,

the covers are in'their locked position, and

the insertion of a coin in the controlling lock. such springs serving to throw said covers The direct object of this invention is to fopen when the latter are unlocked. On the provide a vending apparatus of the character outer end of these covers are provided studs mentioned convenient for delivering bottles of milk'to patrons under a-C. O. D. system. w In other word th milkman would in t ll? for such studs to enter, whenever the covers one of our devices with his customer, and i are placed in their closed position. Pivoted each time a delivery is made, lock the bottle on the pins 29, g, inthe chamber Z, are the of milk therein. Then when'the customer latch-plates p and g. wishes to remove the bottle, he must insert on'their the required coin soas to unlock the device p ed to ent r the notches of the studs 0, A rack-likedevice of this'character afford f the covers- A tension coil-spring 1' conthe two-fold advantage of securely locking 'ects the latch-plates and-holds the latter in the bottles of milk from being stolen or taken the-1r out of the rack, and at the same time insure 1 COiIlS 0f difierent denominations promptpayment-to the milkman each day the common tube a, which empties The construction and features of our in The latter runs vention are more readily described with th n slideways o under the and is normally locked by the lock o aid of the illustrations shown in the accom-ii i 'i g,

panying drawings, in which- Which may be t Figure 1 is a front elevation of our lecoin tubes 8 and t are provlded with slots 1n vice showing it in actual use; Fig. 2 i a Wl11Cl1 the free ends of the latch bars 70 and 9 right side elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is a enter, and the latter normally bar the pastop view with a part of the device broken age f a coin Whlch has been inserted m away for the purpose of illustrating the inelther 0f sald tubes. Thrust pins connectterior construction; Fig. 4 is a detail showedby a bar w are adapted to slide in the ing a rear elevation of a portion of the back g e pl e project down through an openwall of our device,.also showing the details mg 1n the tubes and bear directly on the of the coin controlled lock; Fig. 5 is a larger oln placed 1n sald tubes. A lever-arm y, scaled horizontal sectional View taken on ormally held upward by a spring is prot li 5;.5 f Fig 4, d Fi 6 i d t il vided with a slotted-end y 1n which bears of the ward of one of the locks, which may a P on the bill 10,150 h W he used to open the device, for placing or lever y is depressed, the thrust pins to Wlll removing a bottle, independently of the opo be depressed. A push-button 2 forms eration of the coin-controlled lock. a convenient means for depressing the le- The casing a is made with a hollow back r 2 portion indicated by b in Fig. 5. The lower The general operat on of th1s device 1s as part of the casingis provided with av horifollows: When the mllkman places the botzontal floor 0, and vertical sides d. In tles in the devlce and the covers m and n the drawings, one side of the floor 0 is proare closed, they will be automatically locked. vided with a raised portion 6, which pro- When it is desired to remove one of the vides for the placing of a different sized bottles, a coin is inserted in the correspondbottle. Guide flanges f and g are provided ing tube which coin will then immediately in which the lower ends of the milk bottles drop to the position in which they are shown h, i will rest. Thecasing a is adapted to be in the broken lines in Fig. 5. The push butfurthermore provided with projecting fin' bolted to a fixed support, such as the door 9', v

when

l made with notches 0, and holes are pro- -v1ded in the front wall of the chamber Z,

These are provided forward end with lugs 70 and g normal position] Coin tubes 8 and t of any convenient make. Said ton z is then depressed, Which action will cause the thrust pin w to bear down upon the coin inserted in either coin .tube,'op-

erating one or both of the latch-plates, and

in so doing releasing one or covers controlled by such latch-bars. The action of the flat spring'will then throw the released cover open. however, releases the covers by the use of a key placedon the pins 2 as shown by the broken outlines 3 in Fig. 5, the bit of the ys ingmade t q m' ofihe epenin s in the wards 4. These details being left to the judgment of themanufacturer.

W aim 7 1 a deric o th char c es r bed, in combination with a case provided with a fia s d oe a c e p d with ape d nt -.fie i e, a sh ng o s a to be m vab in a r J Qn aIP ofvn d ,away'r em the top jofa container resting on said-floor, a 7

portion atthe free endof said cover'being p v d t a no h; p ot d pr n controlled latch-bar provided with a lug adapted to enter said notch; a vertical coin tube located above the latch plate, the latter entering the coin tube through a side thereof and thus normally arresting the vided'on said armgand a vertically movable g I Conjesgof this patent may be obtained for drop of the coin 'deposited' in the coin tube,

an arm fulcrumedat its outer end, aspring,

normally holding said arm *in horizontal position; a perpendicular finger-piece promember towhich'the inner end of said arm is connected, a pendent pin'c'arriedby said vertically movable member and arranged both of the slot in one five cents each, bynad Washington, D. Cl? r;

normally to rest on the coin deposited in said coin tube, whereby the depression of said'arm' will cause the coin to move the wi h a ugad p ed t en r sa n c a pluralit ,.of e tical coinnwbes, a i te springcontrolled latch-plate located at one side oi -each j'ofsaid coin tubes, entering a.

slot-in one of :thclatter and thus adaptd fiQ-I Q WUY arr t e. d 1 a 00in deposited in said coin tubes, said latchp a e mended-Wit a ug at their, eeends adapted for entering said notches of said covers; an armfulcrumed at its outer end, a

spring normally holding said arm in horie zjqnte es tienia perpe i l r e -P provided on said arm and .a vertically movable member to whichfthe i e nd of i arm is connected, pendent pins carried by said vertically movable member and; ar-

ran e nerma l t 011 the Coins d posited in saidicoin tubes, whereby the de-w PIGSSiQn of ,saidarm will cause the coin to me e..t elateh; ar s de a dis h cover. V 1 l JSAMUEL LE.-.MOSS;

' ALTE WHI E- dressing the Commissionerof Patents, 

